The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . ficent of the apparel of Kings, worth five thousand piecesof gold, and girded him with a girdle of gold set with jewels, andrepaired to the garden. On arriving at its gate, they found thesuperintendent sitting there; and when he saw Taj-el-Mulook, herose to him, standing upon his feet, and, receiving him with reverenceand honour, opened to him the gate, and said to him, Enter, anddivert thyself in the garden. But the gardener knew not that theKings daughter would enter the garden that day.
The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . ficent of the apparel of Kings, worth five thousand piecesof gold, and girded him with a girdle of gold set with jewels, andrepaired to the garden. On arriving at its gate, they found thesuperintendent sitting there; and when he saw Taj-el-Mulook, herose to him, standing upon his feet, and, receiving him with reverenceand honour, opened to him the gate, and said to him, Enter, anddivert thyself in the garden. But the gardener knew not that theKings daughter would enter the garden that day. And when Taj-el-Mulook had gone in, he waited but a short time, and heard a noise;and before he knew the cause, the eunuchs and female slaves cameforth from the private door-; and as soon as the superintendent beheldthem, he went and acquainted Taj-el-Mulook with their coming,saying to him, O my lord, what is to be done, now that the Kingsdaughter, the lady Dunya, hath come? He answered, No harm willbefall thee; for I will conceal myself in some place in the garden. So 532 THE STORY OF TAJ-EL-MULOOK. tf the gardeuer charged him to use the utmostcaution in concealing himself, and left him,and departed. And when the Kings daughter, with herfemale slaves and the old woman, entered thegarden, the old woman said within herself, Ifthe eunuchs he with us, we shall not attainour wish. So she said to the Kings daughter,0 my mistress, I would propose to thee athing productive of ease to thy heart. Andthe lady Dunya replied, Propose wrhat thouwilt. The old woman therefore said, 0 mymistress, thou hast no need of these eunuchsat the present time; nor will thy heart beddated as long as they are with us : so dismissthem from us.—Thou hast spoken truly,replied the lady Dunya:—and she dismissedthem ; and a little while after, as she waswalking, Taj-el-Mulook beheld her, and gazedat her beauty and loveliness, while she knewit not; and every time that he looked at her hefainted, by reason o
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